Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd in the Mojave Desert. Written in Schaefer's charming and engaging style, the novel details a boy's discovery of both the value of friendship and the hardship of life.
Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache.
Originally published: Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, c1979. With new foreword and updated bibliography.
Features several action-filled short stories found in 'Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters.' This title also includes notes, an introduction, and an afterword that help to illuminate the racial tension of the colonial period in the Pacific. The stories are illustrated with the artwork, several maps, and photographs of the region.